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Jim Harbaugh: 'Facebooking and the Tweeter' a Waste of Time

San Francisco 49ers head man Jim Harbaugh may coach in the tech capital of the world, but you'd better believe the guy isn't drinking any social media Kool-Aid.

During Tuesday's media day in New Orleans before Super Bowl XLVII between the 49ers and Baltimore Ravens — coached by Jim's older brother, John — Harbaugh was asked for his thoughts on social media. His answer? An instant classic for tech nerds.

"My personal opinion is it's a time drain," Harbaugh says at the 1:15 mark of the above video, which was captured and posted to YouTube by Jeff Elder. "A lot of time is used on the Facebooking and the Tweeter and things like that. It seems unnecessary, though. It just seems like a modern-day diary."

A modern-day diary? Who'd ever want one of those? As the preceding minute-plus of the video shows, plenty of Harbaugh's own players.

But Harbaugh isn't just talking the anti-Tweeter talk. He's also walking the anti-Tweeter walk. His own @JimHarbaugh account has 370,00 followers, although he hasn't posted since Nov. 22, 2010. There's more to this case, however — just last week Harbaugh's bio read, "Head football coach, Stanford University," but has since been updated to his current team.

The irony of Harbaugh's thumbs-down for social media? He was actually pretty good at Twitter back in his day, posting updates on Stanford's team and shout-outs to hardworking players. He also mixed in some more mundane day-in-the-life updates, so here are a few sample tweets from Harbaugh's own "modern-day diary."

At the A's game on a beautiful night for baseball. Keeping box score, a lost art to most it seems. Bronx Bombers 2-1, top of 5th, Go A's!

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